Article Title

Jacob’s Connections to First Temple Traditions

Authors

Kevin Christensen

Keywords

Book of Mormon, traditions, Jacob, temple

Abstract

In a previous report I showed how the Book of Mormon’s portrayal of Nephi, son of Lehi, compares favorably to a preexilic Hebrew wisdom tradition reconstructed by biblical scholar Margaret Barker.1 This report highlights further connections between the Book of Mormon and traditions from ancient Israel that Barker asserts “have been lost but for the accidents of archaeological discovery and the evidence of pre-Christian texts preserved and transmitted only by Christian hands.”

Recommended Citation

Christensen, Kevin (2003) "Jacob’s Connections to First Temple Traditions," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 23: No. 4, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol23/iss4/3